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06.20.14.....Martis Peak

Hike Details: Elevation - 8,714 ft. Location - near Kings Beach, CA, turn East off of Hwy. 267 onto Martis Peak Road (unmarked), which is about half a mile north of Brockway Summit Mileage - 7 miles Hiking time - about 2 1/2 hours Route - map and information below Weather - sunny, warm day here in the valley and just as nice up in the mountains, a light breeze at the top that cooled us off in the shade, but we were pretty warm coming down by about noon I was able to create this map using caltopo.com . It has some pretty cool features and made a great map for us to follow. Because we had a shorter time frame, we drove about a mile up the road to connect with the Tahoe Rim Trail, so that shaved the round-trip mileage down by a couple of miles. From there the trail was easy to find and well maintained the whole way.  Gina and I had a great time catching up as we power-hiked -- she let me try her hiking poles but I think I need a little more practice to not fe...